Cooperation with farmers
Also lifting producers' incomes
By partnering with nearby farmers — sharing seedlings, materials, know-how and sales channels — urban farms can also raise producers' incomes, bridging city and countryside.
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Cases where this shows up
AGRUPAR – Quito Participatory Urban Agriculture
ECQuito, Ecuador
A participatory urban agriculture program run since 2002 by the city of Quito through its economic development agency CONQUITO, promoting agroecology-based self-production of food and advancing social, climate and gender justice.
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Harvest of Hope (Abalimi Bezekhaya)
ZACape Town, South Africa
A community-supported agriculture vegetable-box scheme launched in 2008 by Abalimi Bezekhaya, an NGO based in Cape Town's townships. It relaunched in September 2022 after a three-year break.
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Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre
ZWHarare, Zimbabwe
A pioneering centre on the outskirts of Harare that has taught permaculture and organic farming for over three decades. Credited with influencing nearly every related project in Zimbabwe, from urban and peri-urban gardens to rural farms, it trains practitioners of climate-resilient agriculture around the capital.
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EAT LOCAL KOBE Farmers Market (Higashi Yuenchi)
JPKobe, Japan
The farmers market at the heart of EAT LOCAL KOBE, the local-food platform Kobe City launched in 2015. Held in the public space of Higashi Yuenchi park south of City Hall, it began as an experiment to build a small local food cycle that brings producers and eaters closer, and has since grown into a permanent FARMSTAND shop and the wider Gastropolis Kobe vision.
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Micro Farmers School Kobe
JPKobe, Japan
A farming school launched in 2020 within EAT LOCAL KOBE's urban-farming work. Based in the Kamiatago district of Kobe's Kita ward, it teaches residents who want farming as a livelihood—not just self-sufficiency—through hands-on training by local farmers, aiming to nurture Kobe's distinctive part-time micro farmers.
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Nerima Ward Agricultural Experience Farms
JPNerima, Tokyo, Japan
Nerima created Japan's first agricultural experience farm in 1996 and is a pioneer of urban agriculture. The 'Nerima model', in which farmers act as instructors for residents, has spread nationwide, with over a dozen farms still operating in the ward. It is a leading model for using urban farmland as a place of learning and community exchange.
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Supporting research
Vegetable box scheme in Cape Town, South Africa.
Abalimi Bezekhaya, a civil society organization in Cape Town, South Africa, has worked for 28 years with small-scale producers, primarily unemployed women, in Khayelitsha, Nyanga, and surrounding townships. These micro-farmers engage in home and community gardening to supplement their diet, improve household food and nutritional security, and generate sustainable income. The initiative also fosters community building, personal growth, and self-esteem among participants.
Femke Hoekstra, Rob Small · 2010 · Urban Agriculture Magazine
Exploring the needs of urban producers in a rural state: A qualitative needs assessment
This qualitative study conducted in-depth interviews with 16 urban farmers in Northwest and Central Arkansas to assess their needs and their interactions with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Needs were highly individualized by operation size, years in operation, and mission, but common needs included market pricing, co-ops, and equipment access; participants viewed Extension positively but noted it lacked resources specific to small-scale, sustainable farming.
Catherine Sanders, Casandra Cox, Leslie Edgar et al. · 2021 · Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Gender analysis of land use for urban agriculture and sustainability of livelihoods in Freetown, Sierra Leone
This study conducted a gender analysis of urban agriculture (UA) land use and livelihood sustainability in Freetown, Sierra Leone, interviewing 91 producers (30 male, 61 female). The majority of producers were female, and female-managed farms showed higher gross margins (23,895 Leones) and returns than male-managed farms (15,130 Leones). Key determinants of UA income contribution included household size, access to credit, farmer association membership, gender, age, and farm size, with UA income decreasing as household size and the number of male producers increased.
Oladele Oladimeji Idowu · 2012 · African Journal of Agricultural Research
Be Concerned about the Development of the Industries Involving Agriculture,Accelerate Transfer of Rural Surplus Labor——An Analysis and Evaluation of the Employment of Beijing Industries Involving Agriculture
Agriculture-related industries in Beijing, China, are increasingly contributing to agricultural production, farmer's income, and rural employment. This paper, based on a survey of these industries, analyzes their current situation and measures the proportion of farm laborers and those in agriculture-related industries. The author proposes new ideas such as developing urban agriculture, extending modern agricultural production chains, and accelerating the transfer of rural surplus labor.
Shen Wen-hua · 2005 · Beijing shehui kexue